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Do you keep a sketchbook separate from your art journal? Something to keep ideas in, jot notes, lists, short poetry, or cool art/blog urls/etc you see in magazines? I do. It's a gridded moleskine. I use it so much the binding broke, and I had to re-glue in the text block. That was bracing. I wasn't sure the cover would take it.

Do you sketch before you start major projects? Do you jot your ideas
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The mini journal signatures keep multiplying. Help meeee. drowning in theeeem. Actually, I sit here making them after work, while watching tv. It's pretty funny trying to get the paint to look a little streaky and weathered without being blotchy, especially if a good scene comes up in a show and I get distracted for more than 7 seconds.

Here's the final piece of the set: the bracelet. That's what I'll be graded on. It's all in sterling silver and the garnets are set in 18K yellow gold. I finished it yesterday so my studies are tecnically over. Kinda makes me sad, and it stresses me an aweful lot too.